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City Works is a show that highlights the vast array of workers across New York City. Hosted by Laura Flanders and produced in collaboration with the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, the show sp... more
FAQs about CUNY TV's City Works:How many episodes does CUNY TV's City Works have?The podcast currently has 68 episodes available.
June 08, 2021Transgender Workforce Activism: Pride is PoliticalJoin us for a discussion with two leading LGBTQ activists at a pivotal time for the transgender workforce. Features Kris Hayashi, Executive Director of the Transgender Law Center, and Amber Hollibaugh, activist, filmmaker, and author....more27minPlay
May 04, 2021Worker Organizing in 2021 AmericaOn this episode: worker wins and losses. While the union drive at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama failed, undocumented workers gained a huge victory elsewhere. Joining Laura Flanders are Jessica Garcia from the RWDSU, and Angeles Solis....more27minPlay
April 06, 2021COVID Recovery and Essential Workers: What's Next?Essential workers are the life blood of New York City, and have been most vulnerable at the forefront of work during the pandemic. What does the future hold for them? Laura Flanders talks to an MTA bus driver, a teacher, and a public health expert....more27minPlay
March 02, 2021The Biden Administration and the Working ClassLaura Flanders chats with Dorian Warren Felicia Wong to discuss the Biden administration's connection to the working class. Plus, highlights from the SLU public forum entitled "The First 100 Days: Policy Priorities for Labor and Social Justice Movements."...more27minPlay
February 02, 2021New York's Housing Crisis: Tenant Organizing in a PandemicLaura Flanders sits down with Cea Weaver, a tenant advocate, and Winsome Pendergrass, a domestic worker, both who have fought for tenant's rights and against evictions, to discuss tenant organizing in this fraught time....more27minPlay
December 08, 2020Reporter's RoundtableLaura Flanders discusses the Joe Biden electoral win for President, and what it means for labor. Roundtable includes Harold Meyerson of the American Spectator, freelance journalist Michelle Chen, Juan Manuel Benitez of NY1, and Jeet Heer of The Nation....more27minPlay
November 03, 2020Pandemic Economics: The Impact of COVID-19Laura Flanders talks with Professor Janet Gornick of the CUNY Graduate Center about economics and poverty in a time of COVID-19; and Minnie Roh reports on businesses and workers during this challenging time, and how they have endured....more27minPlay
October 06, 2020Immigrant Workers: Contesting the NarrativeLaura Flanders speaks with Ruth Milkman about her new book, "Immigrant Labor and the New Precaroit." And later, she talks to Cristina Jimenez of United We Dream and Kazi Fauzia of DRUM NYC about changing the immigration narrative in an election year....more27minPlay
September 07, 2020BLM and Police UnionsCan police unions work in any meaningful way with labor and BLM movements? Laura Flanders talks with Terry Melvin, Executive Director of the Racial Justice Task Force of the AFL-CIO, and David Unger, SLU labor educator....more27minPlay
June 02, 2020AOC - Pramila Jayapal - COVID-19 Frontline WorkersHighlights from a conference on immigrant and migrant workers featuring Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Pramila Jayapal; and stories from two COVID-19 frontline workers, Kelly Cabrera from Jacobi Medical Center, and Dr. Frank Proscia....more27minPlay
FAQs about CUNY TV's City Works:How many episodes does CUNY TV's City Works have?The podcast currently has 68 episodes available.